BassTractor

I've solved that with my BT SmartSwitch(TM). The BT SmartSwitch(TM) is built inside the jack. Just unplug your bass after rehearsal, and the BT SmartSwitch(TM) will automatically disengage the electrickery and, importantly, the battery! Yes, I'm a genius. Ad in Marketplace to follow.

Well, on the other side of the spectrum, the old Korg OASYS cost like £8,000 when it was released, so what are you really comparing to? Me, I'd need quite some convincing before buying a Kurzweil after their history with crappy keybeds and impenetrable user interfaces. Not saying I can't be convinced - just that I need to be convinced. OTOH I'd have bought an original OASYS on the spot if I'd had the money at the time. Of course, these days one can buy a Fantom, Kronos or Motif for considerably less, but still. Is it worth £3,000? Probably. But as the market segment is tiny, it's bound to be somewhat overpriced, but not by that much. A Waldorf Quantum is more expensive than that. Haven't looked up its direct competitors, but feel secure they're not that far apart. To me personally, saying yay or nay would depend largely on the quality of the offered keybed, as the last time I bought a really good MIDI set, I paid £2,500 for the keyboard alone and £2,000 for the 19" synth module. That's £4,500 with only one synth engine and no workstation functionality. Totally worth it. IOW, I think it's all about reference frame.

From what I understand - which is little - it's an artificial means of making it look nice. A nice bonus is it's partially seasoning the wood, making it stronger, harder and more stable too. 😉

The Kinks: "Rats" The Beatles: "Blackbird" Ketil Bjørnstad: "Sommernatt ved fjorden" (not well-known, but still radio-friendly enough in the right version)

OMG! 😱 George, Ringo and John is dead?

Needs to be mentioned every so often. Luvverly stuff. I like Moonmadness and even Breathless a lot more than the one I'm commanded by other progsters to love: The Snow Goose.

Yes, luvverly, and cheap as well, but it must be mentioned that its most important capacity always has been that you could ask people if they liked Telemann's "Water Music", and most of them would then try and correct you, saying. "Händel!", uponwhich you could retort, with formal logic: - "You do not really have a telemann on classical music, do you?" Great times! 😉

I'm glad I said my list is valuable only today, as tomorrow I might very well write this exact list! Coincidence? Hardly! 😐

This list is only valuable today. Tomorrow, I'll probably remember some other stuff. Gentle Giant: The Power & The Glory Gentle Giant: Free Hand The Group: Omniphonic Music XTC: probably Nonsuch Yes: Close to the Edge Yes: Relayer Zappa: Läther Zappa: Guitar Zappa: Civilization Phaze III An album with the most soaringly beautiful classical piano music, with some Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin...

I forgot to tell that my ship is loaded with 8,000,000 similar albums, so when it sinks, you just have to stir well, and they will be distributed over the whole planet - - just like people distribute their micro plastic these days. One each! Hardly greedy. 😉 But OK, I'll play according to the rules later. 🙂

One album only for me! It's designed for this very purpose, and IP-guaranteed waterproof. When you open it, in cavities in the cell foam, you'll find ten SSD-upgraded iPods, a charger, a wall outlet, a wall and an electricity factory. I digress. You wanted to know what I'll bring. OK, I'll bring - Medieval and Renaissance, - Baroque, - Classical including "Rococo", - Romantic, - Post-Romantic - WW2, - Contemporary classical - the so-called "avant-garde" stuff - on 2 iPods, - Pop, rock, alternative, world, unclassifiable and Dance music, - Prog, - Country & Western, including Country Rock and historical styles. Gimme a few minutes for a complete song list.

Oh! Haven't heard that for forty to fifty years. I do like a bit of Telemann, so it's playing on YT now. Thanks for mentioning it.

CD: Joni Mitchell: a live thing where she reportedly sings Both Sides Now well before she wrote it. Download: Lutz: "Nowherebound" Tool: "Fear Inoculum" Georgian State String Quartet: "Miniatures for string quartet".

NSFLAWMILF (not safe for lazy afternoons with mother-in-law's family), but the idealistic organisation Fück For Forest have done "what it says on the tin" on stage as part of a Norwegian rock show I attended. One could google this organisation and visit their website, but one would have been warned appropriately. 😐 Now, I don't mind nudity at all, and am more "shocked" by some of the responses in this thread, but I do admit that a lot of on-stage nudity simply has no relevance whatsoever above trying (I'd say failing, but this thread proved me wrong) for a shock effect. Norwegian band Turbonegro's singer had this tendency to pull his trousers down and stick a cake fountain firework thingie up his behind before litting it. Some people loved it. Some people were shocked. I was bored, as it left the show without musical drive and didn't offer anything in compensation.

I notice you notice stuff I don't notice. It's the war wound from my classical days: tending to think of one composer rather than of a cooperation between band members, and of the dynamics of band life. IOW this is not stuff I can hope to have a contribution to. But you're right, of course! 😁😁

Here I was thinking I'm really a proper XTC fan, but then this ^^^^. Ah, well. I'll just enjoy those albums and Apple Venus, and keep my head down.

Lord Bertie to you! 😛 I hope you understand it's not about kindness. It's just reasonable payment for the wonderful times you gave me with your lips! 😱 Seriously though, we have many great bands on BC, and you happen to be in one. Some other great BC related bands and artists IMHO are Abandoned Stars, alpha male tea party, In Tyler We Trust, Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, Joan the Wad, Our Helical Mind, and I'm sure a bunch of others my mind refuses to remember at the moment.

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Tool - Fear Inoculum It's on repeat, together with... ...this one, Lutz's "Nowherebound" , with NancyJohnson on bass. Great alternative and somewhat experimental stuff - with a vengeance. In fact, I think we should start a new BC Bands thread as in: what great bands do we have and where to get hold of their stuff. We did one before, but I don't remember its thread title. At any rate, Lutz are at https://lutz6190.bandcamp.com/releases

Nope. He's too busy bringing free bottles of wine to Norwegian customers who pay £130 for the thing. 😀

It came with the software update, I think, and in case probably is a consequence of that package. Me, I just edit the post, exchanging the whole text with a full stop. Edit: ped got there first. New trick at our disposal! Thanks, Chris!

Me too, but you all forget to ask the important question: whatever is the white vehicle in the upper left corner of the first pic, @mefgames?

I disagree entirely, and propose that music that goes on for a long time just isn't for you. Maybe Anton Webern is something you might like instead. IMS, he wrote a symphony that was no more than 10 minutes or so.

Just downloaded the 87 minute version. It sounds luvverly on first impression, but I'll postpone an opinion on the compositions. I'd buy the 80 quid one if I trusted its long life, but I don't. Just 80 quid for a memory chip, plus an amp, plus a screen, plus one or two speakers plus a rechargeable battery? Reeks novelty and bad quality to me. I always try to buy a physical copy but couldn't find a regular CD, and your post explains that bit. Thanks! Now back to my music library! 🙂